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Our Generation - galleryhttp://www.theguardian.com/world/gallery/2011/feb/15/indigenous-peoples-australia
Funded with donations from the public, Sinem Saban and Damien Curtis's documentary <a href="http://www.ourgeneration.org.au/">Our Generation</a> highlights the issue of indigenous rights in Australia through their portrayal of the Yolngu community of Arnhem Land, in the Northern Territory. Here they share some pictures taken during the making of the film. <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/gallery/2011/feb/15/indigenous-peoples-australia">Continue reading...</a>Indigenous peoplesAustralia newsAsia PacificNorthern TerritoryTue, 15 Feb 2011 17:11:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/world/gallery/2011/feb/15/indigenous-peoples-australiaSinem Saban<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/feb/14/our-generation-indigenous-film-review">Our Generation</a> is a documentary examining the issue of indigenous rights in Australia. The film was independently produced by Sinem Saban and Damien Curtis. Here Sinem captures the films new poster boys at Gitan Homeland, Elcho Island in 2009.Guardian Staff2011-02-15T17:11:00Z'People wanted it to be made': Q&amp;A with Sinem Saban and Damien Curtis – producers of Our Generationhttp://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/feb/14/our-generation-saban-curtis-willis
Our Generation examines indigenous rights in Australia through the experiences of the Yolngu community of Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory. Largely ignored by the mainstream media, the documentary offers a rare glimpse into the issues affecting Australian indigenous communities. Sinem Saban and Damien Curtis, producers of Our Generation, talk about the motivation behind the film and what they hope it will achieve<br /><br /><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/feb/14/our-generation-indigenous-film-review" title="">Read a review of Our Generation </a><br /><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/gallery/2011/feb/15/indigenous-peoples-australia" title="">Link to Our Generation photo gallery</a><p><strong>Are people becoming more engaged with subjects they might not necessarily know about because they are becoming more familiar with the format of documentaries as a medium for gaining information?</strong></p><p><strong>Sinem</strong>: Definitely. For me, Michael Moore's <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2002/nov/15/artsfeatures4" title="">Bowling for Columbine</a> was perhaps the first documentary to both teach me about things that I didn't know and about things I could change myself. Sometimes documentaries are just a way of getting information; now people are becoming more aware of them as a social justice tool, which is fantastic. That's what information sharing should be.</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/feb/14/our-generation-saban-curtis-willis">Continue reading...</a>Australia newsIndigenous peoplesFilmAsia PacificNorthern TerritoryMon, 14 Feb 2011 19:38:33 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/feb/14/our-generation-saban-curtis-willisSinem SabanSinem Saban, centre, and Damien Curtis, right, with Cruso Kruddal from the film Ten Canoes, which is also set in Arnhem Land. Photograph: Sinem SabanSinem SabanSinem Saban, centre, and Damien Curtis, right, with Cruso Kruddal from the film Ten Canoes, which is also set in Arnhem Land. Photograph: Sinem SabanNeil Willis2011-02-14T19:38:33ZOur Generation: Land Culture Freedom - reviewhttp://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/feb/14/our-generation-indigenous-film-review
Sinem Saban and Damien Curtis's documentary examining the state of indigenous rights in Australia offers an insight into years of neglect, ignorance and stereotyping. But it also offers the hope that things could change. <br /><br /><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/feb/14/our-generation-saban-curtis-willis" title="">Read a Q&amp;A with Sinem Saban and Damien Curtis</a><br /><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/gallery/2011/feb/15/indigenous-peoples-australia" title="">Link to Our Generation photo gallery</a><p>In 2008, Australia's then prime minister, Kevin Rudd, apologised to the country's indigenous population for the &quot;indignity and degradation&quot; to which past governments had subjected them. Although &quot;sorry&quot; was only a simple word, Australia's First Peoples, the Aborigines, the indigenous population, hoped the apology would herald a new era of race relations. Sunday 13 February 2011 was the three-year anniversary of Sorry Day, but in the years since <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/feb/13/australia" title="">Rudd's announcement</a> it seems little has changed.</p><p>Our Generation is a documentary feature from Sinem Saban and Damien Curtis looking at the complex issue of indigenous rights in Australia. The pair have not only the knowledge and understanding to tackle subject, they have the necessary sensitivity to extract an informative and affecting film without getting bogged down in emotion. Saban's academic grounding in Aboriginal Studies has been supplemented by 10 years of work with the Aboriginal community who are the main subject of the film, the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yolngu" title="">Yolngu</a> in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnhem_Land" title="">Arnhem Land</a>, in the Northern Territory, where she worked as a teacher and human rights activist. Curtis has for a decade worked with tribal peoples around the world to protect their culture and ancestral lands.</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/feb/14/our-generation-indigenous-film-review">Continue reading...</a>Australia newsIndigenous peoplesFilmAsia PacificMon, 14 Feb 2011 14:38:29 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/feb/14/our-generation-indigenous-film-reviewSinem SabanOur Generation: Sinem Saban and Damien Curtis's film is a platform for the issue of indigeneous rights in Australia. Photograph: Sinem SabanSinem SabanOur Generation: Sinem Saban and Damien Curtis's film is a platform for the issue of indigeneous rights in Australia. Photograph: Sinem SabanNeil Willis2011-02-14T14:38:29ZDalit women's aspirations brought home impact of 'double discrimination'http://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/jan/11/bangladesh-women
Emily Esplen visited a community in Dhaka where inspiring community organisers are showing change is possible<p>When I met members of the Dalit Women's Forum in Dhaka last month, they told me about the changes they want to see in their lives and communities. They want their daughters to go to school and stay in school. They want privacy and security when bathing in communal areas. They want health care and clean water. They want to earn their own money and not be dependent on their husbands and fathers.</p><p>These aspirations brought home to me the true meaning of &quot;double discrimination&quot;. Dalit women find themselves on the lowest rung of the ladder in a rigid social hierarchy in which Dalits are classed as 'untouchables'.</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/jan/11/bangladesh-women">Continue reading...</a>BangladeshWorld newsWomenSouth and Central AsiaTue, 11 Jan 2011 17:50:14 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/jan/11/bangladesh-womenAbir Abdullah/EPATwo Dalit women of the Telegu Coloney at Gabtoli, Dhaka. Photograph: Abir Abdullah/EPAAbir Abdullah/EPATwo Dalit women of the Telegu Coloney at Gabtoli, Dhaka. Photograph: Abir Abdullah/EPAGuardian Staff2011-01-11T17:50:14ZCritical condition: eastern Congohttp://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/dec/04/congo
Civilians who scattered into the forest to escape the fighting in eastern Congo have begun congregating in towns, many of them extremely sick from weeks without food and clean water. Aid workers are travelling into the region to provide much-needed medical supplies. Louise Orton, head of communications for medical relief agency <a href="http://www.merlin.org.uk/">Merlin</a>, was among them. She describes what she saw<p>We were on our way to the town of Kanyabayonga, where health centres hadn't received medical supplies since the outbreak of violence in mid-November. As we drove south we saw a lot of vehicles on the road – a positive sign that we might be able to make it through. Large lorries, overloaded with people and fresh vegetables, were driving in the opposite direction towards the market town of Butembo, where we had come from.</p><p>We stopped off at a government soldier base, where the commander told us that access had improved. Still, we proceeded with caution.</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/dec/04/congo">Continue reading...</a>Democratic Republic of the CongoAfricaThu, 04 Dec 2008 09:00:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/dec/04/congoGettyA Congolese woman displaced by increasing violence in the east of the country. Photograph: Walter Astrada/AFP/Getty ImagesLouise Orton2008-12-04T09:00:00Z